The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-03-24
THE RAILROAD srovk.

Nine Passengers submit Strictly Original
Plans for Heating Railway Cars.
After the train had fairly got started
there was a sort Of convention held In
our coach, and it was solemnly
Resolved, That the Railroad companies must
find some safer means Of heating their cars. !.
The chairman of the convention called
for an expression of opinions, and here
ere some of the opinions:
1. think that they orter keep man
and pail of water for each stove, and
in case of accident he is to douse out
the fire.
2. The bottoms Of all car stoves should
be made to work on hinge. and thia
hinge should be worked from the enginn
You have seen how the bucket of a
dredge worksP Well. that S the principle
exactly. I'd have it SO that in case Of
danger the engineer could drop the
bottom out of every stove on the train
and leave the fire on the track. I may
say that the idea is strictly original
with me, but of course don't want
any particular credit for il. Such bril-
liant strokes come natural to me.
8. My plan is to heat with steam
from mills and factories along the
route. don't know just how the de-
tails could be carried out, but that's 9
none of my business. I've got three
saw-mills on this line, and I'd sell 'em
steam at cost.
A. This heating has got to be dono
with hot water, and the watcr has got
to be kept hot by the motion Of tho
cars. 1t must be SO arranged that 1t
will all run out on the ground in case
of accident. If had few days te my
self could think up some way to mako
it work, but my old woman is sick. half
my sheep need doctoring and I've got
two lawsuits on hand. Some Of you
fellers work it out.
s. [By II woman.] My way would
be to keep IL big kettle of water on each
stove, and have it so fixed that in case
of accident the bottom of the kettle
would drop out and let the water sub
due the merciless flames.
6. Now, you look here. This whole
heating system is wrong-rad,cally
wrong. The heating ought to be done
by electricity taken from the telegraph
wires and conveyed through steam
pipes to different portions of a car.
I'm selling groceries on the road at
seventy dollars per month, and
haven't time to work out such prob.
lem, but some of you folks ought to
take hold of it. There's cool million
dollars in the idea. .
Z. lBy another woman. My husband
says they ought to store up enoug h heat
in the summer to last all winter.
didn't ask him how they'd do it, but Tn
sure he's right. He can guess the
weather whole week ahead. and he's
figured out that the sun is only twenty.
eight miles from the earth.
8. Vhell, 1 doan' like to be burned
oop NIT hot shtove. und so vhas busy
NIT some plan aboudt it. How Who's il
If der railroadt company had a mic.
place eafery fife miles on der roadt, unt
we all shtop in und get warm und hal
some beer and free lunch? Nopody gets
burned oop dot vhay, und all vhas peace
und shoy und happiness.
9. Mep don't care buttonl Ihave
been in twenty-one railroad accidents
and never got hurt, and I'm willing to
take my chances. I always carry a
saw, hammer. coal-chisel, crow-bar ant
jack-screw in my pockets, anil in cas'
the car falls off bridge and an
caught in the wreck I shall 60 to worl
to get myself out. Nothing like depend
ing on your own exertions. .--Detrot
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